MAP 2017 – Molecular Analysis for Personalised Therapy

ESMO 2018 Congress

Preceptorship Courses

Apply now to join one of our Preceptorship courses on Immuno-oncology, Lung Cancer and Ovarian Cancer

Workshops & Courses

ESMO fosters the advancement of cancer research by supporting clinical trials workshops to inspire young oncologists from different disciplines across the globe to become the next generation of active researchers.

Patient Guides

Guides for Patients are designed to assist patients, their relatives and caregivers to better understand the nature of different types of cancer and evaluate the best available treatment choices

Personalised Medicine Explained

Video interviews and articles designed to help patients, policy makers and other non-medical professionals better understand the principles of personalised cancer medicine

Getting the Most out of Your Oncologist

Now available in Romanian, our Guide for Patients with Advanced Cancer is designed for patients, their family members and oncologists.

Designated Centres of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care

The ESMO Designated Centres of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care accreditation programme recognises cancer centres which provide comprehensive services in supportive and palliative care as part of their routine care.

ESMO Designated Centre of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care

History

The Institute of Oncology was founded in 1938 in Ljubljana. It is a comprehensive national cancer centre, which carries out services required for cancer prevention and treatment, as well as rehabilitation and palliative care of cancer patients, it also provides for the balanced national progress of oncology and it has the oldest population – based cancer registry in Europe.

Division of Nursing and care for patients, Pharmacy, Research and Education:The Chair for Oncology and Radiotherapy of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana

Cancer treatment at the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana is based on a multidisciplinary approach. This approach to treatment has been ensured through the management of patients by multidisciplinary teams of experts specializing in the treatment of a particular cancer type.

Palliative and supportive care

The ward for acute palliative care performs medically more demanding and specialized care for patents with symptoms that cannot be easily managed. This ward also serves as a learning base for training personnel employed at the Institute of Oncology and other health care institutions and as a setting for performing palliative care clinical trials. Furthermore, its operational scope covers cooperation with and support to other palliative caretakers in the country, with the aim to provide and further develop palliative care in all regions of the country. Comprehensive palliative care at the Institute of Oncology is performed by a multi-professional team: surgery, radiotherapy and medical oncology; pain control unit; psycho-oncology unit; health & social care counselling; spiritual support; clinical nutritional support and dietotherapy; physiotherapy; pharmacy (with clinical pharmacist included); and volunteers.